Cage them and then make it worse

In separate letters to House leaders this month, Mr. Powell and Mr. Ashcroft said the spending proposal now awaiting Senate action would hinder the work of their departments, result in layoffs, and, in the case of the federal prison system, lead to the closing of some units and crowding at others. article

And layoffs, closings and overcrowding, combined with the increasingly stiff penalties and longer sentences Herr Ashcroft wants, more jailable criminals made by the newer "national security" laws, and the push toward privatization of penal institutions (you're on the board - how do you propose to cut costs?), makes me think we are begging for some serious trouble here.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.